i'm wondering why the u.s. government gives those free passes. is it because we can't get china to do what we want? >> well, china is certainly not going to cooperate with the united states in any way on iran. they have other deals there. so they need that petroleum. remember, china has to grow at about 8% a year, just to meet their social demands on their government spending. so they're not going to pay attention to us. they haven't been very helpful in trying to slow down the iranian program. russia has also not been very helpful on trying to slow down the iranian program. so they're not going to help us. the other countries that got waivers was a little bit concerning, that the administration thought, well, we're going to be tough, but we're going to give these waivers. and you know, to -- that other side of that coin is that these countries said it would be so crippling to their economy, because they take such a high percentage of iranian oil that they wouldn't be able to survive it economically. so that's the problem you have. but here's the